Category Archives: work

(Let’s Get) Nerdy, Nerdy

Posted on April 8, 2025 by baudattitude

So, new project.  I have a lot of those.  Often they start with grandiose plans and get abandoned once the harsh reality of implementing them smacks me in the face like some sort of wet, soggy face-smacking thing. New NEW … Continue reading →

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Corporate Woes

Posted on April 24, 2021 by baudattitude

Just a bit of a personal rant today. I apologize that this is not up to the typical standards of… I have no standards, do I? So that’s all right then. My day job is, roughly speaking, technical support, but … Continue reading →

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On Date Formats

Posted on June 7, 2020 by baudattitude

Bit of a departure from the norm today. I spend a few months of 1999 working on a Y2K project that had… some issues, but eventually wound up being deployed before the New Year and was still working over a … Continue reading →

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#SupportMain4Lyfe

Posted on December 11, 2019 by baudattitude

Yup, I’m playing Overwatch.  It’s the winter event and there’s a new Mercy skin to be had.  Don’t have it yet, so no picture. There was a Mercy skin in an event less than a month ago, too, and I … Continue reading →

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In Which I Am Helpful At Work

Posted on February 4, 2017 by baudattitude

For the last few months, I have been on a bit of an odd schedule at work – they have me in the office from 2 PM until 11 PM Sunday through Thursday. This is actually a shift with a … Continue reading →

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A Mascot’s Not Dead While His Name Is Still Spoken

Posted on June 21, 2016 by baudattitude

So, we have a policy at work right now where everyone needs to use up a week of their vacation time by the end of July.  Nothing ominous there, no, not at all.  It couldn’t possibly be indicative of trying … Continue reading →

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How to Derail a Meeting

Posted on July 27, 2015 by baudattitude

I inadvertently started something beautiful and terrible at work today. I have a regular 8:30 meeting, which we have because someone got the idea that daily team meetings were a great idea. That person doesn’t attend the meetings, mind you. … Continue reading →

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Math is a harsh mistress

Posted on June 4, 2015 by baudattitude

Hmm, second work post in as many days.  Bad habit. Anyway.  This might be a bit mean-spirited, and I’ll apologize for that in advance.  I had an annoying day and my normal good spirits aren’t what they normally are. At … Continue reading →

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So this is what motivation feels like.

Posted on June 3, 2015 by baudattitude

My job involves a lot of use of WebEx, which is actually a pretty decent remote access package.  My only complaint about it – that it was really tedious to review recorded WebEx sessions – was wiped out when I … Continue reading →

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About those TPS reports…

Posted on November 8, 2014 by baudattitude

I don’t often talk about work, partially because honestly what I do is a little boring to most folks and partially because I work in technical support for an information security product, so I am under a ton of non-disclosure … Continue reading →

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